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Fear Of Fiction

2000, Movie, NR, 99 mins

Fear Of Fiction: Review

FEAR OF FICTION
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A leisurely road movie with supernatural overtones, from the director of pioneering hip-hop movie WILD STYLE. Forty-ish journalist Sigrid Andressen (Melissa Leo) is supposedly working on her first novel; in fact, she's totally blocked, in part by the oppressive memory of her late father, a celebrated writer. Desperate for a change of scene, Sigrid impulsively answers a newspaper ad for a ride-share placed by recent college-grad Red Hopkins (Sam Trammell), and quickly persuades her travelling companion to make a detour to the Anderssen family's abandoned lakeside cottage. They're joined briefly by Red's twin, Tom, but the brothers have a tiff and Sigrid and Red leave him behind in Buffalo. Sigrid and Red squabble, flirt and exchange confidences; Sigrid reveals that she had a twin, Victor (David Wheir), who died in a freak accident when they were 21. Sigrid eventually seduces Red, whose uncanny resemblance to her brother lends the liaison som uneasy implications. By the time Red and Sigrid get to the cottage, both they and Tom — who's been hitching his way along virtually the same path — have all had a series of odd and suggestive experiences that keep turning their thoughts to the matters of twins and family secrets. Ahearn (whose twin brother is sculptor John Ahearn) is clearly fascinated by the unique bond shared by twins, and while his film is less than satisfying, it's a refreshingly off-kilter experience. You never know quite where it's going — even after it gets there — and it ends on a particularly eerie note. Among its assets are Penn Jillette as a speed freak with a thing for garage bands, and a knockout soundtrack by "The Fabulous Failures": (Sonic Youth's Lee Renaldo and Steve Shelley, Lounge Lizards Evan Lurie and Tony Scherr, and vocalist David Wheir. leave a comment --Maitland McDonagh
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